RTFM (was: VERPing and Personalization (was Re: [TriLUG] Ipta bles help))

[Mark Wilson]

Speaking for myself, and perhaps other M$ refugees, a
lot of the FM's I've attempted to wrestle through are
written not as introductions to unfamiliar concepts,
but rather as reference guides to topics the reader is
assumed to already have some technical familiarity
with.  Since Windows deliberately shields a lot of
users from dealing with the technical nitty-gritty of
the hardware and technology it puts a pretty face on,
many of us had no idea how much we'd be "getting to
know" our computers, and there is no frame of
reference in place.


--- Phillip Rhodes <mindcrime at cpphacker.co.uk> wrote:
> Mike M wrote:
> 
> > Note 2: Anyone that is willing to give up learning
> because they have encountered
> > an unpleasent answer to a question is watching too
> much television.
> 
> Maybe, if that's their only reason for giving up. 
> But there's no 
> question in my mind that if a newbie in some field
> turns to the
> community associated with that field, and asks for
> information,
> and is greated with contempt from a bunch of
> arrogant #@#%!'s,
> he or she is going to add that to his/her mental
> list of "reasons
> why I don't give a f#@k about this and should move
> on to something else."
> 
> Just like we all maintain our own little internal
> list of "reasons
> why I should quit my job," ya know?  Any one event
> might not be a
> good enough reason by itself (boss yelled at  you
> this morning),
> but over time as the list grows longer and longer,
> we stand the
> chance of hitting a tipping point.
> 
> Anyway, just my $00.02 worth....
> 
> Phil R.
> 
> -- 
> When the 1st Amendment no longer protects your
> voice.
> And when the 4th Amendment no longer protects your
> privacy or your stuff.
> Thank God we have the 2nd Amendment to tell our
> elected representatives 
> that enough is enough.
> It's time to put "... from my cold, dead hands" back
> where it belongs.
> 
> FREE AMERICA
> Vote Libertarian
> www.lp.org
> 
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